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Türkiye and China’s Drone Export Models: Two Roads Into the Same Vacuum

Türkiye and China’s Drone Export Models: Two Roads Into the Same Vacuum

Between 2004 and 2007, two countries walked into the same empty room. The number of states exporting armed medium-altitude unmanned aircraft could be counted on...

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Türkiye and Russia’s Military Drone Programmes: Why a Great Aviation Industry Came Late

Türkiye and Russia’s Military Drone Programmes: Why a Great Aviation Industry Came Late

Russia holds one of the world's oldest aircraft design traditions. Sukhoi, MiG, Tupolev, Yakovlev — all were building combat aircraft before Türkiye had an aviation...

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ANKA and TAPAS: Same Class, Two Different Outcomes — The MALE Drone Programmes of Türkiye and India

ANKA and TAPAS: Same Class, Two Different Outcomes — The MALE Drone Programmes of Türkiye and India

Two countries set out, in the same class and in adjacent periods, to build their own medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aircraft. They reached first flight at...

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Türkiye and Europe’s MALE Drone Programmes: Why Europe Started Over Three Times

Türkiye and Europe’s MALE Drone Programmes: Why Europe Started Over Three Times

Since 2007 Europe has launched three separate programmes to build a medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aircraft. Two were cancelled; the third had still not flown by...

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Drone Programmes That Started in the Same Era: Where Are They in 2026?

Drone Programmes That Started in the Same Era: Where Are They in 2026?

Between 2004 and 2011, at least eight countries set out to build a medium-altitude unmanned aircraft of their own. They started with different budgets, different...

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Why Did Poland Buy the Bayraktar TB2? Inside NATO’s First Turkish Drone Deal

Why Did Poland Buy the Bayraktar TB2? Inside NATO’s First Turkish Drone Deal

Poland was the first NATO and European Union member state to buy the Bayraktar TB2. The roughly $270 million contract was never a bare platform...

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Africa’s Top 10 Countries by Helicopter Fleet Size (2026): Egypt Leads, Algeria and Angola Follow

Africa’s Top 10 Countries by Helicopter Fleet Size (2026): Egypt Leads, Algeria and Angola Follow

If you want to measure what an African army can actually do, count its helicopters rather than its tanks. On a continent where road networks...

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Two Nations, One Flashpoint: Which Military Really Has the Edge in 2026?

Two Nations, One Flashpoint: Which Military Really Has the Edge in 2026?

GlobalFirepower 2026 · Special Comparison Two Nations, One Flashpoint:Which Military Really Has the Edge? Israel and Iran sit back-to-back at #15 and #16 on the...